What I'm currently reading (assuming I don't forget to update this, which I probably will do at some point):

The Saga of Gösta Berling, Selma Lagerlöf.

Renovation of the Heart, Dallas Willard.

The Intelligent Investor, Benjamin Graham, revised edition.

What my current preoccupations are:

Skyrim!

This app, which I only just bought recently. It's just the sort of nerdy, obsessive thing I could really see myself getting into in a serious way.

Basically, several times during the day, as well as after you wake up, and before you go to bed, it asks you a preset list of questions, which you answer. Over time, this becomes a data set, which you can then analyse to figure things out about yourself. Or just use to plot pretty charts and diagrams and things.

TileMill! Always been fascinated by maps. Maybe you can tell. Discovered this app not long ago. Currently playing around with it in my spare time.

I heard about the game Nomic years ago and have always been keen to play, but never managed to find a game early enough in its play I didn't feel too intimidated to join. Recently started thinking of initiating a game of my own. Anybody interested?

Something else.

I have no interest in megachurches with jocular millionaire pastors. I think what happens in them is sociopolitical, not spiritual. I believe the prosperity gospel tries to pass through the eye of the needle. I believe it is easier for a Republican to pass through the eye of a needle than for a camel to get into heaven. I have no patience for churches that evangelize aggressively. I have no interest in being instructed in what I must do to be saved. I prefer vertical prayer, directed up toward heaven, rather than horizontal prayer, directed sideways toward me. I believe a worthy church must grow through attraction, not promotion. I am wary of zealotry; even as a child I was suspicious of those who, as I often heard, were “more Catholic than the pope.” If we are to love our neighbors as ourselves, we must regard their beliefs with the same respect our own deserve.